Swish!
Zhang Chen merely shifted his stance slightly.
The next second, he had sent the silver-white demon flying hundreds of meters away.
The silver-white demon, originally known for its agility and evasion, was completely unable to dodge Zhang Chen's attack!
Moreover, Zhang Chen had been tens of meters away before attacking.
He had arrived almost instantaneously. Before the demon could react, it was already flying, smashing through abandoned buses, and then, without losing momentum, it had crashed through three or four buildings, finally becoming buried under a pile of rubble.
"What kind of skill is a sneak attack?!"
With a boom.
The demon broke free from the restraints of碎石 (suì shí - gravel and stone) and steel bars, slowly walking out of the dust.
"If you dare..."
Before it could finish speaking, it felt an indistinguishable figure reappear before it.
When it managed to get a clear look, it saw a fist.
Bang!
The demon was sent flying again, this time rolling repeatedly on the ground, tearing up the asphalt road to reveal the earth beneath.
The shockwave generated by the impact shattered the glass of surrounding buildings.
Some fragile structures directly collapsed with a roar.
"This is impossible!"
Before the demon could regain its balance, Zhang Chen had already appeared before it again.
This time, Zhang Chen had learned from his previous experience.
He didn't directly send it flying.
Because sending it flying meant a lot of force was converted into kinetic energy, which was dissipated during the flight and impact.
So this time, he decided to try a different approach.
Zhang Chen grabbed the demon's icy body with one hand and slapped it hard with the other.
Slap!
This crisp sound, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, spread outwards.
Buzz!
"Die!"
Bang!
Zhang Chen tossed the demon slightly into the air, then kicked it hard.
Puff!
This time, the demon didn't fly into the sky. Instead, after enduring the blow, it transformed into a cloud of black smoke and slowly disappeared.
"Phew!"
Only then did the golden light around Zhang Chen gradually dissipate.
The indignant rage in his chest also began to subside.
"Soul burning? Why did this name suddenly appear in my mind?"
"And what's with this unprovoked anger?"
Zhang Chen remained completely bewildered.
"No, that red-haired girl!"
Zhang Chen hurried back the way he came.
However, the battle had felt effortless; he could reach anywhere within his line of sight in an instant.
But now that that power was gone, he had to rely on his Roc to carry him.
Even so, it took him quite a while to return from the battlefield.
Katerina was already at her last breath.
The demon's claw strike during their fight had severed her spine.
Now, apart from being able to maintain her sanity and breathe, her entire body was paralyzed and immobile.
She was still lying on the ground in the state she was in when she was injured, the Yanlong Sword lying beside her.
"It's alright, I'm here!"
"As long as you get back for treatment, your injuries will heal quickly!"
Zhang Chen wasn't just comforting her. After all, he had seen powerful healers reassemble shattered bodies and bring people back to life.
Of course, reviving someone required a great deal of energy and spirit cores, making it quite expensive.
However, these adventurers and students from Phoenix Academy were all from affluent families and didn't care about the cost.
Children from poor families would never dare to take such risks.
Because if they died, it meant permanent death.
"I didn't expect you to be able to defeat a sixth-tier demon! It seems you've been hiding your strength too!"
"Regardless, thank you!"
Katerina said with a hint of gratitude.
"It's nothing, but I still feel something is off!"
"This demon's strength is completely different from what I've seen before."
"The first time I saw it, the energy within it was much more dazzling than now!"
Zhang Chen muttered softly as he carefully placed Katerina on the back of his travel bird.
"You've seen it before? That makes sense. You're a corpse scavenger, so many people must have been killed by this guy!"
"If what you say is true, then what you just defeated was likely its clone."
"Its true form's strength is probably tier eight or even nine. I can't even imagine it."
"In any case, this fellow has surpassed what ordinary adventurers like us can handle. We'll have to rely on the Spirit Master Association."
Katerina sighed.
"Hold on tight!"
Zhang Chen said nothing, and carrying Katerina, he quickly galloped away.
In a distant corner, the silver-white demon licked the blood on its claws, watching Zhang Chen with great interest.
At its feet lay five or six Spirit Masters, all wearing uniforms of the Spirit Master Association...